LAS VEGAS  San Diego State women’s basketball coach Beth Burns and her staff might have to review the film, player by player, possession by possession, frame by frame. They might need to call a late-night or early-morning practice to fix it. They might need to rethink their game plans and scouting reports.

Because they’re obviously slipping.

In Thursday’s Mountain West tournament quarterfinals, they led Nevada 19-0 before the Wolf Pack finally, mercifully scored.

In Friday’s semis against New Mexico, it was only 12-0.

The result, though, was the same, a 67-39 victory – the identical score as a day earlier – that made it 17 straight for the top-seeded Aztecs and moved them into Saturday’s 7 p.m. final against No. 2 Fresno State.

“For our team, you know, I couldn’t be prouder,” Burns said of her 26-5 Aztecs. “What we do is hard. I’m not self-aggrandizing it. I’m saying it’s just effort. Get down, get in a stance, get after it. I think the way we’ve opened both games has been really impressive.”

If they do it again Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center, they’ll claim the Mountain West’s automatic berth and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in five years.

And if they don’t? If they’re upset by Fresno State, the last (and only MW) team to beat them this season?

Then what?

The Aztecs have posted some gaudy numbers, certainly. They have won 17 straight, one shy of the school record set in 1994-95. They have won 15 of the last 16 games by double digits. They’ve held a double-digit lead in Las Vegas for 71:32 of a possible 80 minutes. They have allowed 78 points in two games, the fewest for two games in MW tournament history.

But …

They started the day No. 47 in the all-important RPI, and it likely will fall (don’t ask – it’s how the RPI works) after playing No. 183 New Mexico, and teams in the 50s regularly find themselves slumping in their seats when the 64-team NCAA bracket is unveiled Monday.

They are 0-3 against Top 50 teams. Their best win, according to the RPI, is 58-54 at No. 57 USD. The Mountain West is rated the 17th strongest conference out of 32; six teams have RPIs of 175 or worse, and four are 250 or worse.

ESPN’s bracketology for the women’s tournament currently projects the Aztecs as a No. 12 seed, which, if they don’t get an automatic berth, puts them squarely on the bubble.

“If you don’t get San Diego State in at this point, it would be an absolute travesty,” said New Mexico coach Yvonne Sanchez, whose team missed 43 of 54 shots Thursday and trailed 29-13 at the half. “It would be completely unfair to them. Their body of work speaks for itself. They ran through the league. It’s not their fault that their RPI drops when they play teams of a lesser RPI.

“They are a very good basketball team. They will prove it once they get to the tournament.”